1 / 11

standardized testing 1

Classroom Assessment: Validity

oshin
Download Presentation

standardized testing 1

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

    1. Standardized Testing (1) EDU 330: Educational Psychology Daniel Moos

    4. Statistics and standard scores (2) Standard Deviation (SD): Statistical measure of spread of scores If data points are close to mean, then SD � 0 If many data points are not close to mean, then SD >

    5. Statistics and standard scores (3) Standard Deviation (SD): Translating into percentile ranks Example: Mean of scores is 80 and standard deviation of 6

    6. Statistics and standard scores (4) Evaluating standardized tests through descriptive statistics, continued Standard Error of Measurement Due to measurement error, scores represent an approximation of student�s �true� score Example: Tonka obtains a score of 80 on a standardized test. Standard error of measurement is 6 The range of Dan�s true score would be 74 to 86.

    7. Statistics and standard scores (5) Raw Scores: What do they really mean? Percentiles: ? percentages Rankings are not equal (e.g., raw score of 58 = 90th percentile, raw score of 56 = 80th, 54 = 60th, 53 = 50th) Stanines: Range: 1 to 9 Stanine 5 = center of distribution Each Stanine above/below is +/- 0.5 SD Example: Stanine 7 = +1 SD; Stanine 3 = -1 SD; Stanine 8 = __SD Grade equivalents: Compares scores with particular age group (1st digit = grade, 2nd digit = month) Example: Grade equivalent for total reading of 8.4 means __ ?

    9. Suggestions for preparing your students for taking standardized tests(1)

    10. Suggestions for preparing your students for taking standardized tests(2)

    11. Standardized Testing &Technology

More Related